Bottle



UNITED STATES APATENT OFFICE.

i SEBASTIAN SPECKINPAUGH, OF CENTRALIA, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALETo THEoDoRE' AsA TAYLOR, on GRAND RAPIDS, WISCONSIN.y

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,875, dated octobere, 189e. Application liled October 3l, 1895. Serial No. 567,468. (Nomodel.)

I Tf all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, SEBASTIAN S PECHIN- PAUGH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Centralia, in the county of Vood and State oflVisconsin, have invented ceri tain new and useful Improvements inBottles, of which the following is a specification,

' reference being had to the accompanying 3 drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

This invention relates to bottles, and the object thereof is to providea device of this class which is so constructed and arranged that havingbeen once filled and sealed the bottle may be emptied of its contents,but

cannot be relilled or reused without detection.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure lis avertical section of a bottle provided with my improvement, and Fig. 2V

a similar view of a modified. form of construction.

In the practice of my invention I provide a bottle A, having theusuaLneck B, the inner walls of which are provided with notches orrecesses C, which may be annular in form, or simply formed in the sidesthereof, as will be readily understood. I also provide a supplementalneck or nozzle D, arranged at one side of the bottle, as shown in Fig.l, and the 'top of which is provided with a thin glass y ried down alongthe rod F and passes through loops or rings k, connected therewith, andthe lower end of which is bent at right angles a-nd connected with thereturn-arm G, as shown at k'.

In operation the small cork L, which is adapted to close the small neckor nozzle D, is put in while the bottle is empty, and this is done byplacing said cork upon the pin or prong g of the head g, and the rod Fis then inserted into the neck or nozzle B by means yof the return-armII thereof, and the cork L, placed upon the pin or prong g', is theninserted into the neck or nozzleD from within the bottle, as will bereadily understood, after which, by pressing downward on the handle E,the pin or prong g will be withdrawn from the cork L, which will be leftin the neck D, and then by pulling upwardly on the wire K the spring-armG will be drawn toward the rod F, when the corking device may be removedfrom the neck B. After this has been done the neck or nozzle B may beclosed or sealed by a glass or other stopper, which is irremovablysecured therein by means of cement or otherwise, said stopper beingprovided with side notches or recesses, which correspond with thoseformed in the neck B.

When it is desired to empty the bottle, the thin cover or cap d of theneck D is broken off and the cork therein may be withdrawn or drivendownward into the bottle, and the broken cap or cover CZ will beevidence of the fact that the bottle has been once used, and

though the bottle maybe refilled through theA neck B and corked from theoutside the absence of the cover or cap b of said neck will be proof ofthe fact, as hereinbefore stated, that said bottle has been once filledand emptied, and as additional precaution I may also place upon the capor cover cl of the neck D a trade-mark or the name of the owner ormanufacturer of the contents of the bottle.

In the form of construction shown in Fig. 2 the neck B of the bottle isprovided with a thin cover or cap b and the bottom of the bottle isprovided with a lliug-orifice M, which is adapted to be closed by astopper N, of any desired material, after the bottle has been filled,which may be secured in position in any desired manner and be formed ofany desired material, preferably of glass, and below which I also` placealayer of cement 0which, when it becomes hard, cannot be removed. Thefilling-orifice M is tubular in form, and the side walls thereof arealso provided with notches or recesses, whichaid in securing the cork orstopper N in position and also in hold- IOO ing the cement O therein. Inthis form of VIS construction the cork L is inserted into the bottle andinto the neck B through the iilling.- orifice in the bottom of thebottle before the bottle is filled, after which the filling-orifice isclosed, as hereinbefore described, and in this form of construction whenit is desired to empty the bottle the cap or cover b must be brokenaway, after which the cork L may be Withdrawn or forced downwardly intothe bottle.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, andarrangementro'f parts shown and described, and I therefore 'reserve theright to make all such alterations therein and modilications thereof asfairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim and desire to securebyLetters Pat- The combination With a bottle provided is secured a rod, asF, which is bent to form v a return-arm as G, and a Wire connectedthere` with, by means of which the spring-arm G,

may be contracted or drawn toward the rod F, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention l have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 24th day ofOctober, 1895.

SEBASTIAN S PEKINPAUGH.

lVitnesses:

J. W. COCHRAN, F. H. TAYLOR.

